Transcript Islam – a `popcorn` quizx

Islam – a ‘popcorn’ quiz
11/19/2014
TRS 101
1. Who is credited
with founding the
religion of Islam?
2. Who appeared
to Mohammad to
deliver the
revelation?
3. How many
gods are there in
Islam?
4. What is the
name by which
Muslims call God?
5. What does the
name Allah mean?
6. True or false:
Muslims alone use
the name “Allah”
for God.
7. True or false:
The Muslim God
Allah is the same
as the Jewish God
YHWH.
8. In Islamic tradition,
the people reflect
upon God’s many
names. How many
names are there in this
traditional reflection?
9. What is the
name of the
Muslim holy
scripture?
10. What does
the word “Qur’an”
mean?
11. True or false:
Muslims understand
the Qur’an as a
modified “borrowing”
of the Old and New
Testament texts.
12.True or false:
Muslims understand
the Qur’an to be the
verbatim, directly
revealed word of
God.
13. True or
false: when
Muslims pray all
around the world,
they face East.
14. In what city
did the religion of
Islam begin?
15. What does
the word “Islam”
mean?
16.What is the
name of the holiest
shrine in the center
of the mosque at
Mecca?
17. Name one of
the five pillars of
Islam.
18. Name
another of the
five pillars of
Islam.
19. Name a
third of the five
pillars of Islam.
20. Name a
fourth of the five
pillars of Islam.
21. True or false:
reading the Qur’an to
oneself, privately, is
less important in
Islamic tradition than
reciting it aloud.
22.
What is the
Hadith?
23. The
beginning of the
Muslim calendar
is marked from
what journey?
24.True or false:
Mohammad was a
purely religious
leader who did not
meddle in politics.
25.Name three
characters that
appear in both
Muslim and
Christian scriptural
stories.
26. True or false:
hoarding wealth to
protect one’s family in
the future is
considered to be a
positive thing in
Islamic tradition.
27. What is the
meaning of the
term jihad?